Frameless gate.



A. CAMPBELL, FBAMELBSS GATE.

I APPLICATION FILED FEBJQ, 1912. 1,027,237. PatentedMay 21, 1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orr on.

ALLAN CAMPBELL, 0F BRANDON, MANITOBA, CANADA.

Specification of Letters-Patent.

FRAMELESS GATE.

Patented May 21, 1912.

Application filed February 19, 1912. Serial No. 678,467.

for its object to providea simply constructed gate that is opened and closed along a I straightline across the passage between two spaced posts, and is furnished with simple mechanism that will be placed in an operative position when the gate is closed and j'when the gate is released will operate to lowing specification.

closethe same. Further, my gate is cheap to manufacture andwill prove reliable in operation, and as it does notoperate on the swin ing' principle, will obviate the many disa vantagesincident toswinging gates,

such as sagging at their free ends and contacting with various obstructions in the path of the swing of the gate.

Other objects and advantages of my in vention will appear in the course of the" fol- While the accompanying drawings represent What I consider'the preferred embodiment of my invention, yet I reserve the right to make any and alllsuch changes in the construction, proportions and arrangementof the partsv of my gate and the operating mechanism thereof as the scope of the appended .claims will permit.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is .a front elevation of my improved gatesh'ow-ing tlie'same in a closed position. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the gate in an open position. Fig. 3 is 'a top plan detail view, enlarged, on-theline 3-3 Fig. 1 showing one of the gate fastenings or hooks and the manner of securing it to a gate post. Fig. 4 is'a side elevation, detail view, enlarged, showing one of the guiding eyes or staples which are secured to the in; termediate po'st. v

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 5 designates the main gate post,-which, as shown, extends some distance above the top of the fence 6. To one side of the gate post 5. are connected the ends of the longitudi nally-extending, parallel wires constituting the fence 6. .'Right' angular brackets 7 and 8 each have'one armrespectively secured to p of which the followingis a speeificathe gate post at the side opposite to where the wires of the fence 6 are connected, while the other arm extends horizontally therefrom. The horizontal arms are'each providedwith circular apertures which are in vertical alinement. 'A vertically-disposed roller shaft 9 fits between the horizontal armsand is journaled therein by means of suitable. gudgeons, which turn in the apertures of said brackets. Fixed upon the roller, shaft 9 and spaced apart thereon are a plurality of cylindrical spools, and, while 'I have shown five spools, this is purely an arbitrary number as I' could employ any number found most desirable.

Secured centrally to the upper spool 11 is a rope 12, which passes under a pulley 13 mounted on the front side of the gate post '5 at a point-substantially in line with the top of the upper spool 11. At the topof the front side of the gate post 5 is mounted a second pulley 14, and, as illustrated the rope 12 passes'froni the spool 11 under and up from the pulley 13 to the opposite side. of

and over the pulley 14 from which point the rope continues over a pulley 15 mounted at the end of a horiz ntally-extending arm 16, which is secured at the top ofthe gate post 5, and suitably braced. underneath by a diagonally-disposed brace 17. Attached to the end of the cord is a weight 18 for'a purpose to be hereinafter explained.

Connected to the center of each of the spools 11, below the top one to which the cord 12 is connected, are wires 19 which are adapted to wind and unwind upon their respective spools. Each wire passes through a horizontally alined guide-eye or staple 20 secured to the front face of a verticalv post 21, which serves as a stop or abutment.

The 'wires 19 after passing through the guide-eyes 20 are secured to a vertically-dispos'edstandard 22 at such points .as to maintain the wiresin' substantial parallelism. The standard 22, as shown in Fig. 1, when the gate is closed, is engaged by the hooks 23,thes shanks 24 of which are suitably secured to a second gate post 25, which as shown, also has the wires of another portion of the fence 6! connected to it. In order to prevent accidental disengagement of the standard from the hooks 23, the openings in the hooks are oppositely-disposed with respect to the roller 9.

AS shown in Fig. 1, since the rope 12 is wound on the upper spool 11 in the oppogate is in a closed position, the wires site direction in which" the wires 19 wound on the lower spools 11 when are the are unwound from the lower spools while the cord 12 is wound upon the upper spool and the weight 18 raised. \V hen it is desired to open the gate it is simply necessary to release the standard 22 from the hooks 23, when the weight will innnediatelybegin to descend unwinding the rope from the upper shaft 9 to the right and winding the wires upon their respective spools until the stand- I ard 22 contacts withpost 21, when the rotation of the roller will be stopped and the de scent of the weight checked, as illustrated in Fig. 2. To-close the gate all that it is necessary to do is to reengage the front standard 22, with the hooks 23, which will unwind the wires 19 from their respective spools 11 and turn the roller shaft 9 to the left. thereby rewinding'the cord 12 upon the upper spool 11 and raising the weight J. l S, when the gate and its operating mecha- :-.hooks From the :toregoing it n-isin will reassume the position shown in 25-.

Fig. 1 and be ready to instantly open when he standard 2 1s disengaged from the they wind on the reduced portions of the spools, and that when the gate is being opened, the wires are unwound from the spools so as to prevent them from becoming displaced or tangled.

What I claim is 1. In a gate of the class described, the

combination with the gate posts spaced apart to provide a passage between them, a vertically disposed roller shaft mounted contiguous tonne of said gate posts, a plurality of spools mounted on said roller shaft, a series of wires individually connected to each of said spools, retaining means carried by the other gate post, a verticalstandard connecting the free ends of the wires, an internualialo post carrying separate guides for the wires, and means for rotating said roller shall; to cause said spools to wind said wires thereon to open the passage bctww-n said gale posts. in

2. l'n a, gate of the (class described, the conil'iinatiou with the gate posts Sl'JHCCCl apart to provide a passage between them,

guides for the wires at spaced points thereon, and means for placing said roller shaft under tension whereby said standard will be firmly held against accidental release, but when said standard is rel *ased from said hooks, said roller shaft will revolve to wind said wires upon said spools to open the assa 'e between said gate osts.

3. In a gate oi the class described, the combination with the gate posts spared apart to provide a passage between them, of a verticalily-disposed roller shalt mounted to rotate in brackets carried by one of said gate posts, a plurality of spools rigidly mounted on said roller shaft and spaced apart thereon, a series ofwires individually connected to all but the top one ol. said spools and normally extending across the passage to the other gate post, an intermediate post spaced from the roller shaft and provided with a. series of individual guides for the wires leading fronr the' spools, a standard connecting the free ends of the wires, hooks attached to the other gate post and arranged ina horizmil'al position and adapted to engage with the opposite ends of the standard, a pulley mounted on the first-mentioned gate post contiguous to the upper spool, spaced pulleys mounted upon an extension of the said gate post, and a rope connected to the upper spool and wound around the several pulleys and carrying a weight at its end, whereby the roller shaft with its several spools will be placed under tension and the wires kept taut, and when said standard is released from said hooks, said roller shaft will revolve to wind said wires upon said spools to open the passage between said gate posts.

In testimony, that I claim the 'loregoing as my own, I have hereto allixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALLA N CA M l [5 E lily.

WV i tnesses JoIIN Smrrna'r, James Sean on. 

